TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 9967

#XL - T Zoology

Homologs

β-catenin in vertebrates = Armadillo in Drosophila

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 9885

#XL - T Zoology

Processes That Kill Phagocytosed Microbes

Agents include antimicrobial proteins and peptides, low pH, hydrolytic enzymes including lysozyme and proteases activated by the increasing acidity of the phagolysosomes, and specialized molecules that mediate oxidative attack.

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 9886

#XL - T Zoology

Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD)- NADPH oxidase mutate

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 9887

#XL - T Zoology

Eat me” signals

Dying cells facilitate their own phagocytosis by expressing on their surfaces such as phosphatidyl serine and lysophosphatidyl choline, proteins (annexin I), and altered carbohydrates. 

TLS Online TPP Program

#Id: 9080

#XL - T Zoology

Binding of acetylcholine triggers the opening of an associated K+ channel  in the plasma membrane via the Gβγ subunit of a Gi protein